Ocke
Ocke [ 'oːkə ], also Oke , is a male given name mainly in the North Frisian language .
Origin and meaning of the name
Possible derivations are:
- from the old Danish Aki (ancestor, ancestor);
- as a pet form of words beginning with anu-;
- from the Old High German Anihho;
- Frisian diminutive of names that begin with the Old High German word stem ot (possession, wealth).
variants
- Frisian : Ocke, Oke, Aage, Age, Ocko, Okko, Okke
- Low German : Oke, Ocke
- Danish : Aake, Aage , Åge
- Finnish : Ooke, Aake
- Faroese : Áki
- Icelandic : Aake, Aage, Áki
- Norwegian : Åge , Aage
- Swedish : Åke
- feminine forms in Frisian: Ockeline, Okka
Name bearer
Ocke :
- Ocke Christian Nerong (1852–1909), Schleswig-Holstein teacher and local researcher
Oke :
- Oke (449–498), 24th Emperor of Japan
- Oke Göttlich (* 1975), entrepreneur and football club president
Web links
Wiktionary: Ocke - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations
- German: List with old Frisian first names Amt Amrum-Föhr.
- English: Åke - Behind the Name.
- Swedish: Personal names A – Q Nordiskt runnamnslexikon, Institutet för språk och folkminnen, PDF, page 7.